Below are three excerpts from poems which will be published in Issue VII: Tahmina (love & loss). Issue VII will be available on Friday, 23rd September.
from Coals in the Rain, by Elyse Welles
“I thought life was a circle
round and returning simply
an illusion in the flames
Maybe I knew that was the end
But how could I understand
that we would have no more beginnings
Dampened by time
I now embrace the cold
the illusion died with the flames”
from Sparrow Blood and Dust, by Eva Lynch-Comer
“I cannot believe I never broke
your skin with my teeth
never tasted your blood
held the salt on my tongue
no, I laid myself in your hands
Now sparrow’s blood
stains your skin
the next time
you try to capture another
your flesh will burn
and she will run”
from Fledgling, by Rachel Dickens
“I am striving, but happy,
After the petrichor, soft, morning light.
My time has come and
I fly away over citrus and pine
zested fields.”
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